Sometimes, in a portrait, I go straight in with paint onto canvas... Other than riding my bike up and down the hills… — David Cobley Copy Share Image
I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
“I've been thinking about what you said about seeing and not seeing. I had a painting teacher once tell me that the… — Aster Flores Copy Share Image
Ancient rock paintings remind us that there are no unclaimed lands, that people have always lived here. They are wayposts along the… — Lynn Culbreath Noel Copy Share Image
I've never stopped making new music, and whether the audience wants to hear it or not, I'm going to play it. Because… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
I just look at it as a real group activity when you are making movies. There are so many different artists doing… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
On the one hand, rock is so predictable, but at the same time, the basic idea that an artist can cut through… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
I feel I must live alone, alone, alone - with artists only to touch the door. Every artist cuts off his ear… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later… — Michael Chow Copy Share Image
Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than… — Brassai Copy Share Image
Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image
For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
To discover that you can paint without special talent is a great revelation. An endless stream runs through you, enough to paint… — Michele Cassou Copy Share Image
“I love painting. I love drawing. I’m never let down, even when the picture isn’t exactly what I want. I can keep… — Kayla Cagan Copy Share Image
Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
The old-fashioned idea that the simple piling up of experiences, one on top of another, can make you an artist, is, of… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play… — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
I just love when you're watching a live performance and the artist brings people out on stage: the surprise, the energy you… — Amelia Dimoldenberg Copy Share Image
... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't… — George Sand Copy Share Image
The selective instinct of the artist tells him when his language should be homely, and when it should be more elevated; and… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Life is not bad, and it doesn't look more real if it's ugly or it's gritty. Think of your own life. Most… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“I want to paint something that no one has ever painted before," he was saying. I almost laughed at that -- doesn't… — Mary F. Burns Copy Share Image
Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done… — Chris Robinson Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to pay your bills, otherwise you're not going to sleep at night. But beyond that, the world… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
“then we would enter what he called his “study,” a room whose walls were hung with prints which showed, against a dark… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that… — Doris Salcedo Copy Share Image
Something impacts me emotionally, art is a kind of outlet, and I figure it's the same for a lot of artists. The… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
All the other editors at DC never gave me a moment's time. They would take the thing and give me a check… — John Romita, Sr Copy Share Image
Painting is a fine art: not merely because it gives us trees and faces and lovely things to see, but because paint… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Victoria Beckham is so nasty, Why doesn't she just go home?! Her dresses are beautiful, but I don't care what she does.… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Some degree of withdrawal serves to nurture man's creative powers. The artist and the scientist bring out of the dark void, like… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
I am into drones and one chord freak outs and the paintings I am into are more minimal things the New York… — Will Sergeant Copy Share Image
I think when people struggle with the problem of trying to understand the art world as an idea, they misunderstand it. They… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or… — Melonie Diaz Copy Share Image
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a… — Louis Nizer Copy Share Image